Notice 27 Aug 2025 healthcare, regulations, labor market, data collection, census, workforce, nursing

📋National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses

The Department of Commerce is seeking public comments on the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, aimed at collecting data to evaluate the characteristics and distribution of registered nurses in the U.S. The initiative addresses the evolving dynamics of the nursing workforce and includes modifications to the survey methods and content for the next collection cycle.

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Proposed Rule 29 Jul 2025 small business, erisa, employee benefits, department of labor, labor market, retirement plans, pooled employer plans

💼Guidance on Pooled Employer Plans

This document contains limited interpretive guidance to help small employers select high-quality, low-cost "pooled employer plans" or "PEPs." This document also solicits information about prevailing pooled employer plan market practices. The Department will consider the responses as part of a process aimed at developing a potential regulatory safe harbor or safe harbors that comprehensively encourage market participants to offer and employers to join such plans. These efforts, taken pursuant to President Trump's January 20, 2025, Memorandum titled "Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis," are designed to reduce investment costs for workers saving for their retirement, thereby improving their lives. These efforts also will help small employers provide more attractive benefits to potential hires, drawing discouraged workers into the labor force.

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Notice 24 Jul 2025 information collection, regulation, government, employment, labor market, census

📊Overview of Decennial Census Applicant Information Collection Regulations

The Department of Commerce is initiating an information collection request for temporary Census positions, inviting public comments to assess its impact. This collection aims to streamline the application process for job seekers and improve recruitment efforts for the upcoming decennial census.

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Notice 22 Jul 2025 regulation, immigration, fees, business costs, uscis, labor market, expenses

💵Overview of New USCIS Immigration Fees Under HR-1

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is announcing a series of fees to be collected by USCIS. Recently enacted legislation that provided for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of House Concurrent Resolution 14, titled HR-1, establishes specific fees for various immigration-related forms, benefits, statuses, petitions, applications, and requests administered by multiple government agencies. This notice announces the new fees that are administered by USCIS, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to whom those fees apply, when the new fees take effect, instructions on their payment, when and if the fees may be waived, and consequences of the failure to pay. This notice is intended to provide the information needed for the public to comply with the new law.

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Notice 17 Jul 2025 compliance, workforce development, labor market, business advisory, training programs

🛠️Renewal of Workforce Information Advisory Council

The Department of Labor (Department) announces the renewal of the Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC) charter.

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Notice 15 Jul 2025 compliance, immigration, trade agreements, labor market, central america

🌍Analysis of the US-Guatemala National Transfer Agreement

The Department of Homeland Security is publishing the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala relating to the transfer of nationals of Central American countries to Guatemala, effected by exchange of diplomatic notes on June 11 and 13, 2025. The text of the diplomatic notes is set out below.

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Notice 8 Jul 2025 business regulation, immigration, labor market, economic impact, honduras

🇭🇳Business Implications of Honduras TPS Termination Announcement

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Honduras for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Honduras is set to expire on July 5, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary has determined that conditions in Honduras no longer support its designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Honduras as required by statute. This termination is effective September 8, 2025. After September 8, 2025, nationals of Honduras (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras) who have been granted TPS under Honduras' designation will no longer have TPS.

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Notice 8 Jul 2025 business regulation, employment, immigration, labor market, nicaragua, temporary protected status

🇳🇮Termination of Nicaragua's Temporary Protected Status

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Nicaragua is set to expire on July 5, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Nicaragua no longer continues to meet the conditions for designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Nicaragua as required by statute. This termination is effective September 8, 2025. After September 8, 2025, nationals of Nicaragua (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nicaragua) who have been granted TPS under Nicaragua's designation will no longer have TPS.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, labor market, employment services, grant programs-labor, state governance, staffing models

💼Proposed Rule on Employment Service Staffing Flexibility by DOL

The Department of Labor (Department) is proposing to remove the requirement that States use State merit staff to provide Wagner- Peyser Employment Service (ES) services. This deregulatory action would allow States to use the staffing model that provides the required services with the most efficient model for their State. This summary can be found at www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1205-AC22.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 business compliance, employment, immigration, labor market, temporary protected status, workforce

📉Implications of Termination of Haiti's Temporary Protected Status

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Haiti is set to expire on August 3, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Haiti no longer continues to meet the conditions for designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Haiti as required by statute. This termination is effective September 2, 2025. After September 2, 2025, nationals of Haiti (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) who have been granted TPS under Haiti's designation will no longer have TPS.

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